11 sept 2017
Yair Netanyahu, who is reportedly behind much of his father’s social media stunts, recently published a cartoon portraying George Soros as the All-Powerful Jew who controls the world, according to 972mag.
The cartoon shows Manny Naftali, the former superintendent of the Prime Minister’s Residence, who is at the forefront of the struggle to put pressure on the police to indict Netanyahu for corruption, being baited by Israeli politico Eldad Yaniv, who is seen baited by former Prime Minister Ehud Barak.
Barak is seen tempted by the money of the Illuminati, who, according to the cartoon, are being tempted by a Reptilian — a common anti-Semitic codeword for Jews. The Reptilian, for his part, is portrayed as controlling the world in the service of the Grand Jew: George Soros.
Yair published the cartoon after his mother, Sara, was officially told she would face fraud charges for misusing public funds in her management of the prime minister’s official residence.
Netanyahu's son just published an anti-Semitic cartoon on Facebook
Yair Netanyahu, who reportedly is behind much of his father’s social media stunts, publishes a cartoon portraying George Soros as the All-Powerful Jew who controls the world.
Yair Netanyahu, son of the prime minister, outdid even his father on Saturday when he published an anti-Semitic cartoon on his personal Facebook page.
The cartoon shows Manny Naftali, the former superintendent of the Prime Minister’s Residence, who is at the forefront of the struggle to put pressure on the police to indict Netanyahu for corruption, being baited by Israeli politico Eldad Yaniv, who is seen baited by former Prime Minister Ehud Barak. Barak is seen tempted by the money of the Illuminati, who according to the cartoon are being tempted by a Reptilian — a common anti-Semitic codeword for Jews. The Reptilian, for his part, is portrayed as controlling the world in the service of the Grand Jew: George Soros.
Yair published the cartoon after his mother, Sara, was officially told she would face fraud charges for misusing public funds in her management of the prime minister’s official residence. The Netanyahu family has repeatedly sought to place the blame for those misused funds squarely on Naftali. While the prime minister has used graphs and tables to try to prove Naftali’s culpability — which likely did little to assuage Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit and Police Chief Roni Alsheikh — his son took a far more disturbing route.
The cartoon is signed by Matzenksh (shorthand for an anti-leftist meme page) but is entirely based on a caricature used to depict the ways in which Jews control the United States and lead the American people astray. A quick visit to the various websites that have published the original or its variations are stomach-churning for their unbridled anti-Semitism. This is the cartoon the prime minister’s son chose to publish.
Just under a month ago, following the white supremacist march in Charlottesville, Virginia, Yair published a Facebook status in which he said that Nazism is a problem of the past, and that the real issue is the “Antifa bullies” and “Black Lives Matters.” A few months ago, Prime Minister Netanyahu ordered the Foreign Ministry to refrain from criticizing the Hungarian government for its anti-Semitic campaign against George Soros.
The cartoon shows Manny Naftali, the former superintendent of the Prime Minister’s Residence, who is at the forefront of the struggle to put pressure on the police to indict Netanyahu for corruption, being baited by Israeli politico Eldad Yaniv, who is seen baited by former Prime Minister Ehud Barak.
Barak is seen tempted by the money of the Illuminati, who, according to the cartoon, are being tempted by a Reptilian — a common anti-Semitic codeword for Jews. The Reptilian, for his part, is portrayed as controlling the world in the service of the Grand Jew: George Soros.
Yair published the cartoon after his mother, Sara, was officially told she would face fraud charges for misusing public funds in her management of the prime minister’s official residence.
Netanyahu's son just published an anti-Semitic cartoon on Facebook
Yair Netanyahu, who reportedly is behind much of his father’s social media stunts, publishes a cartoon portraying George Soros as the All-Powerful Jew who controls the world.
Yair Netanyahu, son of the prime minister, outdid even his father on Saturday when he published an anti-Semitic cartoon on his personal Facebook page.
The cartoon shows Manny Naftali, the former superintendent of the Prime Minister’s Residence, who is at the forefront of the struggle to put pressure on the police to indict Netanyahu for corruption, being baited by Israeli politico Eldad Yaniv, who is seen baited by former Prime Minister Ehud Barak. Barak is seen tempted by the money of the Illuminati, who according to the cartoon are being tempted by a Reptilian — a common anti-Semitic codeword for Jews. The Reptilian, for his part, is portrayed as controlling the world in the service of the Grand Jew: George Soros.
Yair published the cartoon after his mother, Sara, was officially told she would face fraud charges for misusing public funds in her management of the prime minister’s official residence. The Netanyahu family has repeatedly sought to place the blame for those misused funds squarely on Naftali. While the prime minister has used graphs and tables to try to prove Naftali’s culpability — which likely did little to assuage Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit and Police Chief Roni Alsheikh — his son took a far more disturbing route.
The cartoon is signed by Matzenksh (shorthand for an anti-leftist meme page) but is entirely based on a caricature used to depict the ways in which Jews control the United States and lead the American people astray. A quick visit to the various websites that have published the original or its variations are stomach-churning for their unbridled anti-Semitism. This is the cartoon the prime minister’s son chose to publish.
Just under a month ago, following the white supremacist march in Charlottesville, Virginia, Yair published a Facebook status in which he said that Nazism is a problem of the past, and that the real issue is the “Antifa bullies” and “Black Lives Matters.” A few months ago, Prime Minister Netanyahu ordered the Foreign Ministry to refrain from criticizing the Hungarian government for its anti-Semitic campaign against George Soros.
7 sept 2017
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the Government Press Office (GPO) to remove al-Jazeera's Jerusalem bureau chief Walid al-Omari from a state-sponsored seminar on freedom of speech planned for Thursday, Haaretz reported.
"The prime minister instructed that legal steps be taken to deny press passes of all al-Jazeera journalists working in Israel and to close their offices in Israel," the GPO announced in a Facebook post.
Minister of Communications Ayoub Kara explained on Thursday morning Netanyahu's decision not to allow Walid Al-Omari, director of al-Jazeera in Israel to participate in a seminar organized by the Government Press Office entitled "The Limits of Freedom of Expression: The Dilemma between State Security and Freedom of the Press: Al-Jazeera TV as a Case Study."
Interviewed by Israel public radio, Kara said, "Al-Jazeera is not on the border of freedom of expression, but has crossed it long ago in the direction of our enemies." The Likud lawmaker added, "This insolent Walid al-Omari, the director of al-Jazeera, talks about freedom of expression but does everything to create resistance terrorism."
Last month, the GPO announced its intentions to revoke the press accreditation of an Israeli al-Jazeera correspondent over comments he made on another TV network last year.
The GPO cited an interview Karram gave on a TV network identified with the Muslim Brotherhood, in which he said his journalistic work is part of his contribution to Palestinian resistance to the Israeli occupation.
The Union of Journalists in Israel blasted the GPO's intention to revoke Karram's press permit, calling it an "intolerable move in a democracy."
Earlier this summer, senior Foreign Ministry officials warned at a National Security Council meeting that imposing sanctions on al-Jazeera would damage Israel's image overseas.
"The prime minister instructed that legal steps be taken to deny press passes of all al-Jazeera journalists working in Israel and to close their offices in Israel," the GPO announced in a Facebook post.
Minister of Communications Ayoub Kara explained on Thursday morning Netanyahu's decision not to allow Walid Al-Omari, director of al-Jazeera in Israel to participate in a seminar organized by the Government Press Office entitled "The Limits of Freedom of Expression: The Dilemma between State Security and Freedom of the Press: Al-Jazeera TV as a Case Study."
Interviewed by Israel public radio, Kara said, "Al-Jazeera is not on the border of freedom of expression, but has crossed it long ago in the direction of our enemies." The Likud lawmaker added, "This insolent Walid al-Omari, the director of al-Jazeera, talks about freedom of expression but does everything to create resistance terrorism."
Last month, the GPO announced its intentions to revoke the press accreditation of an Israeli al-Jazeera correspondent over comments he made on another TV network last year.
The GPO cited an interview Karram gave on a TV network identified with the Muslim Brotherhood, in which he said his journalistic work is part of his contribution to Palestinian resistance to the Israeli occupation.
The Union of Journalists in Israel blasted the GPO's intention to revoke Karram's press permit, calling it an "intolerable move in a democracy."
Earlier this summer, senior Foreign Ministry officials warned at a National Security Council meeting that imposing sanctions on al-Jazeera would damage Israel's image overseas.
29 aug 2017
A coin that was celebrated by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as evidence of a historical Jewish link to the West Bank has been found to be fake replica.
Numerous media outlets reported last week on the find of a rare 2,000-year-old half-shekel coin by an eight-year-old girl, Hallel Halevy, in the Israeli illegal settlement of Halamish in the West Bank.
The find excited many Israelis who argued it provided evidence of the historical Jewish connection to the West Bank, usually referred to as Judea and Samaria by Israelis.
Among those lauding the find, Netanyahu claimed in a Facebook post that “the "2,000-year-old silver coin" was used during the Second Temple period in Jewish history which lasted between 530 BCE and 70 CE.
“This exciting discovery is additional evidence of the deep connection between the people of Israel and its land – to Jerusalem, to our temple, and to the communities in Judea and Samaria,” Netanyahu wrote in his post.
However, on Sunday it was revealed that not only was the coin not ancient, but also was in fact a replica souvenir, regularly made at the Israel Museum, where a small mint at the Youth Wing of the museum is used to create the coins during annual Hanukkah activities organized as part of an educational program for children.
“There is no chance that it is authentic, it is not an ancient coin," Haim Gitler, chief curator of archaeology and the curator of numismatics at the Israel Museum told The Times of Israel on Sunday. "Even to call it a coin is to exaggerate what it is,” he added.
Netanyahu deleted his Facebook post shortly after that. However, social media users were quick to comment on the news, with many ridiculing Netanyahu mistaking the replica for a historical artifact.
Numerous media outlets reported last week on the find of a rare 2,000-year-old half-shekel coin by an eight-year-old girl, Hallel Halevy, in the Israeli illegal settlement of Halamish in the West Bank.
The find excited many Israelis who argued it provided evidence of the historical Jewish connection to the West Bank, usually referred to as Judea and Samaria by Israelis.
Among those lauding the find, Netanyahu claimed in a Facebook post that “the "2,000-year-old silver coin" was used during the Second Temple period in Jewish history which lasted between 530 BCE and 70 CE.
“This exciting discovery is additional evidence of the deep connection between the people of Israel and its land – to Jerusalem, to our temple, and to the communities in Judea and Samaria,” Netanyahu wrote in his post.
However, on Sunday it was revealed that not only was the coin not ancient, but also was in fact a replica souvenir, regularly made at the Israel Museum, where a small mint at the Youth Wing of the museum is used to create the coins during annual Hanukkah activities organized as part of an educational program for children.
“There is no chance that it is authentic, it is not an ancient coin," Haim Gitler, chief curator of archaeology and the curator of numismatics at the Israel Museum told The Times of Israel on Sunday. "Even to call it a coin is to exaggerate what it is,” he added.
Netanyahu deleted his Facebook post shortly after that. However, social media users were quick to comment on the news, with many ridiculing Netanyahu mistaking the replica for a historical artifact.
26 aug 2017
In the framework of the fierce campaign on the Internet against Palestinian pages and accounts, the US-based management of the YouTube video-sharing website removed the “Moqawma Press” channel, which broadcasts videos and clips in support of the Palestinian resistance.
Administrators of Moqawma Press told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that YouTube closed the channel for the first time on Friday morning after its videos went viral on the website.
They said that their YouTube channel was blocked after Facebook and Twitter removed the Moqawma Press pages for the tenth and third times respectively.
The channel’s administration denounced YouTube for taking such ش step without providing any prior notice or explanation, describing its practice as a blatant violation of freedoms.
The administration stressed that it would continue to convey the message of resistance with all available means and through all media platforms that can be utilized to address the world and the public.
Administrators of Moqawma Press told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that YouTube closed the channel for the first time on Friday morning after its videos went viral on the website.
They said that their YouTube channel was blocked after Facebook and Twitter removed the Moqawma Press pages for the tenth and third times respectively.
The channel’s administration denounced YouTube for taking such ش step without providing any prior notice or explanation, describing its practice as a blatant violation of freedoms.
The administration stressed that it would continue to convey the message of resistance with all available means and through all media platforms that can be utilized to address the world and the public.
25 aug 2017
Dozens of teachers and principals at Arab schools in 1948 Occupied Palestine (Israel) have been accused of inciting against the Israelis, in and out of class, Hebrew-speaking Israel Hayom daily reported Friday.
According to the Israeli newspaper, punitive measures have been taken by the Israeli Ministry of Education against 12 Palestinian instructors on charges of incitement against Israel and its army.
The war against Palestinian instructors during class is part of the war over the authentic narratives in Palestinian schoolbooks which are being used in some schools in eastern Jerusalem.
Israel’s Education Minister Naftali Bennett (Habayit Hayehudi) claimed that he would use an iron fist against Palestinian incitement.
In recent years, the Israeli Education Ministry has been trying to combat alleged incitement against the Israeli occupation by Palestinian teachers. In some cases, investigations have been launched by the Israeli forces and authorities against teachers who carried their message not only to their students but also on social media networks.
According to the Israeli newspaper, punitive measures have been taken by the Israeli Ministry of Education against 12 Palestinian instructors on charges of incitement against Israel and its army.
The war against Palestinian instructors during class is part of the war over the authentic narratives in Palestinian schoolbooks which are being used in some schools in eastern Jerusalem.
Israel’s Education Minister Naftali Bennett (Habayit Hayehudi) claimed that he would use an iron fist against Palestinian incitement.
In recent years, the Israeli Education Ministry has been trying to combat alleged incitement against the Israeli occupation by Palestinian teachers. In some cases, investigations have been launched by the Israeli forces and authorities against teachers who carried their message not only to their students but also on social media networks.
23 aug 2017
Amnesty International said that the Electronic Crimes Law, adopted by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in July, violates citizens’ rights to privacy and freedom of expression and blatantly flouts the State of Palestine’s obligations under international law.
Amnesty said in a report, that the law imposes heavy fines and permits the arbitrary detention of anyone critical of the Palestinian authorities online, including journalists and whistleblowers.
It could also be used to target anyone for simply sharing or retweeting such news. Anyone who is deemed to have disturbed “public order”, “national unity” or “social peace” could be sentenced to imprisonment and up to 15 years hard labor, the report pointed out.
“Instead of presiding over a chilling campaign designed to silence dissent, intimidate journalists and breach the privacy of individuals, the Palestinian authorities must stop arbitrarily detaining journalists and drop charges against anyone prosecuted for freely expressing themselves. They must also urgently repeal the Electronic Crimes Law,” said Magdalena Mughrabi, Deputy Middle East and North Africa Director at Amnesty International.
In June, several weeks before the Electronic Crimes Law came into force, Palestinian Authority arbitrarily ordered internet service providers in the West Bank to block access to 29 websites. They include websites belonging to political parties, opposition and independent media outlets and the al-Quds network, a volunteer-run community online news outlet.
According to the report, the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank is responsible for 81 attacks on media freedom since the start of the year.
Amnesty said in a report, that the law imposes heavy fines and permits the arbitrary detention of anyone critical of the Palestinian authorities online, including journalists and whistleblowers.
It could also be used to target anyone for simply sharing or retweeting such news. Anyone who is deemed to have disturbed “public order”, “national unity” or “social peace” could be sentenced to imprisonment and up to 15 years hard labor, the report pointed out.
“Instead of presiding over a chilling campaign designed to silence dissent, intimidate journalists and breach the privacy of individuals, the Palestinian authorities must stop arbitrarily detaining journalists and drop charges against anyone prosecuted for freely expressing themselves. They must also urgently repeal the Electronic Crimes Law,” said Magdalena Mughrabi, Deputy Middle East and North Africa Director at Amnesty International.
In June, several weeks before the Electronic Crimes Law came into force, Palestinian Authority arbitrarily ordered internet service providers in the West Bank to block access to 29 websites. They include websites belonging to political parties, opposition and independent media outlets and the al-Quds network, a volunteer-run community online news outlet.
According to the report, the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank is responsible for 81 attacks on media freedom since the start of the year.
1 aug 2017
Five Palestinian residents of occupied East Jerusalem were indicted by an Israeli court on charges of “incitement” on social media, Israeli news website Ynet reported on Monday, according to Ma’an.
Ynet said that the five Palestinians — identified as Muhammad Mahimar, 19, from Anata, Sufian Mahmoud, 26, from Issawiya, Muhammad Samasana, 23, from Shufat refugee camp, an unnamed 17-year-old, and another unidentified Palestinian — were indicted by a Jerusalem magistrate court for “calling for terror attacks to be carried out against Israel,” and for Facebook posts allegedly supporting a deadly shooting attack at the Al-Aqsa Mosque on July 14.
Following the attack, which left three Palestinian assailants and two Israeli police officers dead, Mahimar reportedly published a number of posts on his Facebook, one of which Ynet translated as saying “with a rock, a knife, an ax, a Molotov Cocktail, or a lighter. Spontaneous without planning. Three martyrs came from Umm al-Fahm. A thousand consolations are with us and we are following you. We were raised on the holy way of death.”
The teen, according to Ynet, also uploaded a picture of an Israeli policeman holding his face as paramedics tended to wounds sustained by one of his colleague, accompanied by the caption: “Hell and darkness in the next life.”
Mahimar was also reportedly indicted for several posts he uploaded in 2014 on his Facebook page allegedly calling for “violent and terror activities against Israeli civilians and security forces,” and for praising and supporting the Hamas movement, which Israel considers a terrorist organization.
Mahmoud and Samasana were also indicted for uploading posts “calling for violence and terror against Israelis and showing solidarity with terror groups,” Ynet reported, without specifying the content of the posts.
Meanwhile, the unnamed 17-year-old reportedly posted a picture of two of the Palestinians who were slain in the shootout at Al-Aqsa with a caption saying “A picture of two martyrs from the heroic attack that they uploaded before the attack…#smile-tomorrow-more-beautiful #martyrs-of Al-Aqsa.”
The teenager also published a post on Facebook saying “The martyrs are similar to the beauty of the Dome of the Rock, to the beauty of the Old City.
On this holy Friday, four martyrs ascend, to prove to everyone that the intifada continues.”
The fifth Palestinian, who Ynet did not identify, was indicted for posting: “Today, Palestine got four martyrs. Our dead are in heaven and their dead are burning. The martyrs of Jerusalem.”
Israeli leadership has boasted numerous times that severe security measures and “Facebook arrests” have succeeded in reducing the trend of small-scale attacks against Israelis, despite a poll conducted last year by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research that found support for attacks declined “due, it seems, to a rising perception in its inefficacy.”
Israeli news daily Haaretz reported, in April, that Israeli forces detained at least 400 Palestinians in less than a year over social media activity, and that 400 others were detained for the same reason by the Palestinian Authority, through its widely condemned policy of security coordination with Israel.
As of January, only 200 Palestinians were had faced trial for such charges, according the Arab Center for Social Media Advancement 7amleh.
A more recent report by Haaretz revealed how Israel has been monitoring social media profiles and subsequently making arrests when “the kid doesn’t know that he is a terrorist yet,” as one Israeli army officer put it.
The report also quoted a former Israeli military prosecutor as saying that, since September 2015, dozens of social media posts resulted in administrative detentions — Israel’s widely condemned policy of internment without trial or charge used almost exclusively against Palestinians — while others were formally convicted if they were “identified as liable to carry out a terror attack.”
By contrast, a report released by 7amleh documented that slanderous, provocative, and threatening posts made by Israelis against Arabs and Palestinians more than doubled in 2016, reaching 675,000 posts made by 60,000 Hebrew-speaking Facebook users — without a single case being opened against an Israeli.
Ynet said that the five Palestinians — identified as Muhammad Mahimar, 19, from Anata, Sufian Mahmoud, 26, from Issawiya, Muhammad Samasana, 23, from Shufat refugee camp, an unnamed 17-year-old, and another unidentified Palestinian — were indicted by a Jerusalem magistrate court for “calling for terror attacks to be carried out against Israel,” and for Facebook posts allegedly supporting a deadly shooting attack at the Al-Aqsa Mosque on July 14.
Following the attack, which left three Palestinian assailants and two Israeli police officers dead, Mahimar reportedly published a number of posts on his Facebook, one of which Ynet translated as saying “with a rock, a knife, an ax, a Molotov Cocktail, or a lighter. Spontaneous without planning. Three martyrs came from Umm al-Fahm. A thousand consolations are with us and we are following you. We were raised on the holy way of death.”
The teen, according to Ynet, also uploaded a picture of an Israeli policeman holding his face as paramedics tended to wounds sustained by one of his colleague, accompanied by the caption: “Hell and darkness in the next life.”
Mahimar was also reportedly indicted for several posts he uploaded in 2014 on his Facebook page allegedly calling for “violent and terror activities against Israeli civilians and security forces,” and for praising and supporting the Hamas movement, which Israel considers a terrorist organization.
Mahmoud and Samasana were also indicted for uploading posts “calling for violence and terror against Israelis and showing solidarity with terror groups,” Ynet reported, without specifying the content of the posts.
Meanwhile, the unnamed 17-year-old reportedly posted a picture of two of the Palestinians who were slain in the shootout at Al-Aqsa with a caption saying “A picture of two martyrs from the heroic attack that they uploaded before the attack…#smile-tomorrow-more-beautiful #martyrs-of Al-Aqsa.”
The teenager also published a post on Facebook saying “The martyrs are similar to the beauty of the Dome of the Rock, to the beauty of the Old City.
On this holy Friday, four martyrs ascend, to prove to everyone that the intifada continues.”
The fifth Palestinian, who Ynet did not identify, was indicted for posting: “Today, Palestine got four martyrs. Our dead are in heaven and their dead are burning. The martyrs of Jerusalem.”
Israeli leadership has boasted numerous times that severe security measures and “Facebook arrests” have succeeded in reducing the trend of small-scale attacks against Israelis, despite a poll conducted last year by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research that found support for attacks declined “due, it seems, to a rising perception in its inefficacy.”
Israeli news daily Haaretz reported, in April, that Israeli forces detained at least 400 Palestinians in less than a year over social media activity, and that 400 others were detained for the same reason by the Palestinian Authority, through its widely condemned policy of security coordination with Israel.
As of January, only 200 Palestinians were had faced trial for such charges, according the Arab Center for Social Media Advancement 7amleh.
A more recent report by Haaretz revealed how Israel has been monitoring social media profiles and subsequently making arrests when “the kid doesn’t know that he is a terrorist yet,” as one Israeli army officer put it.
The report also quoted a former Israeli military prosecutor as saying that, since September 2015, dozens of social media posts resulted in administrative detentions — Israel’s widely condemned policy of internment without trial or charge used almost exclusively against Palestinians — while others were formally convicted if they were “identified as liable to carry out a terror attack.”
By contrast, a report released by 7amleh documented that slanderous, provocative, and threatening posts made by Israelis against Arabs and Palestinians more than doubled in 2016, reaching 675,000 posts made by 60,000 Hebrew-speaking Facebook users — without a single case being opened against an Israeli.
23 july 2017
Facebook deleted on Sunday the official page of the Jerusalem Intifada for publishing news about the Israeli violations at al-Aqsa Mosque.
For its part, the administration of the Intifada page said that despite the attempts exerted to block the site, it will continue to expose the Israeli crimes and document the Intifada events whatever the cost is.
The administration affirmed that blocking Palestinian Facebook pages falls in line with systematic efforts to silence the Palestinian voice and spread the false Israeli narrative instead.
The Intifada site aims to document the Jerusalem Intifada events, including the Israeli crimes, and seeks to be a first reference for researchers and those interested in reading about the history of the Palestinian Intifada.
For its part, the administration of the Intifada page said that despite the attempts exerted to block the site, it will continue to expose the Israeli crimes and document the Intifada events whatever the cost is.
The administration affirmed that blocking Palestinian Facebook pages falls in line with systematic efforts to silence the Palestinian voice and spread the false Israeli narrative instead.
The Intifada site aims to document the Jerusalem Intifada events, including the Israeli crimes, and seeks to be a first reference for researchers and those interested in reading about the history of the Palestinian Intifada.
12 july 2017
The Palestinian telecom company, Paltel, announced on Tuesday that it suspended its phone and internet services in large areas of Gaza after the main generator of its headquarters overheated and broke down.
According to Paltel, tens of thousands of land-line customers and some 8,000 internet users have been cut off, and those numbers could rise.
The current power crisis in Gaza has led the company to largely depend on generators to overcome long hours of electricity outages.
The company’s technicians could carry out urgent repairs, but they lack spare parts which Israel will not allow into the besieged Gaza Strip.
According to Paltel, tens of thousands of land-line customers and some 8,000 internet users have been cut off, and those numbers could rise.
The current power crisis in Gaza has led the company to largely depend on generators to overcome long hours of electricity outages.
The company’s technicians could carry out urgent repairs, but they lack spare parts which Israel will not allow into the besieged Gaza Strip.
15 june 2017
Hamas Movement along with the Information Ministry in Gaza condemned the Ramallah general prosecutor Mohamed Barak’s decision to block 11 websites based on orders by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
The Hamas spokesman, Fawzi Barhoum, said in a statement on Thursday that the decision targets the freedom of the press and reflects the dictatorial approach adopted by Abbas and the PA in dealing with the Palestinian people.
Barhoum called on Palestinians, factions and human rights institutions to break the silence in regards with Abbas’s practices and to take action to foil his attempts to repress his own people.
The Palestinian Ministry of Information in Gaza, for its part, denounced the PA’s decision to block the online websites.
Salama Marouf, head of the ministry’s media office, said: “The PA’s decision is a flagrant infringement of the Palestinian Basic Law and runs contrary to the right to access information”.
In a statement on Thursday, Marouf stressed the importance of supporting the blocked websites. He underlined that the decision has no legal justification since most of the targeted websites have been working for years under official legal licenses.
He also slammed the PA for being so fast in enforcing the decision without giving any explanation or legal justification for taking it, saying that this move serves only the Israeli occupation.
Marouf asked the PA Public Prosecution to cancel the decision and to abide by the Palestinian Basic Law.
For its part, Omama news website, which is among the blocked sites, condemned the decision and demanded the PA to cancel it.
The Hamas spokesman, Fawzi Barhoum, said in a statement on Thursday that the decision targets the freedom of the press and reflects the dictatorial approach adopted by Abbas and the PA in dealing with the Palestinian people.
Barhoum called on Palestinians, factions and human rights institutions to break the silence in regards with Abbas’s practices and to take action to foil his attempts to repress his own people.
The Palestinian Ministry of Information in Gaza, for its part, denounced the PA’s decision to block the online websites.
Salama Marouf, head of the ministry’s media office, said: “The PA’s decision is a flagrant infringement of the Palestinian Basic Law and runs contrary to the right to access information”.
In a statement on Thursday, Marouf stressed the importance of supporting the blocked websites. He underlined that the decision has no legal justification since most of the targeted websites have been working for years under official legal licenses.
He also slammed the PA for being so fast in enforcing the decision without giving any explanation or legal justification for taking it, saying that this move serves only the Israeli occupation.
Marouf asked the PA Public Prosecution to cancel the decision and to abide by the Palestinian Basic Law.
For its part, Omama news website, which is among the blocked sites, condemned the decision and demanded the PA to cancel it.
The Palestinian Authority (PA) general prosecutor in Ramallah ruled on Thursday for blocking 11 online websites, including the Palestinian Information Center (PIC).
Ramallah general prosecutor, Mohamed Barak, sent an official memo to the world’s largest internet companies to block 11 websites, in a flagrant infringement of international law, which grants the freedom of the press.
Most of the targeted websites are renowned for posting anti-occupation material and for monitoring human rights violations by the Israeli occupation and the PA across the occupied Palestinian territories.
PIC is a news website that provides news coverage of Palestinian events in eight languages. It is dedicated to advocating the Palestinian cause from a multi-layered lens. Since its inception in December 1997, PIC has taken the lead to speak up for Palestinians’ dream to liberate their motherland and restore their infringed rights.
PIC does not lay any claim to neutrality for it blatantly sides with the oppressed Palestinian people. Its material is, however, purely fact-based and rooted in real data compiled and published by a team of professional journalists, on-the-spot reporters, news correspondents, editors, multi-lingual translators, and political analysts.
PIC is followed by over three million internet users on social media networks. PIC pages on social media, including Twitter and Facebook, are both dotted with a blue mark, which is a sign of its credibility and professionalism.
Ramallah general prosecutor, Mohamed Barak, sent an official memo to the world’s largest internet companies to block 11 websites, in a flagrant infringement of international law, which grants the freedom of the press.
Most of the targeted websites are renowned for posting anti-occupation material and for monitoring human rights violations by the Israeli occupation and the PA across the occupied Palestinian territories.
PIC is a news website that provides news coverage of Palestinian events in eight languages. It is dedicated to advocating the Palestinian cause from a multi-layered lens. Since its inception in December 1997, PIC has taken the lead to speak up for Palestinians’ dream to liberate their motherland and restore their infringed rights.
PIC does not lay any claim to neutrality for it blatantly sides with the oppressed Palestinian people. Its material is, however, purely fact-based and rooted in real data compiled and published by a team of professional journalists, on-the-spot reporters, news correspondents, editors, multi-lingual translators, and political analysts.
PIC is followed by over three million internet users on social media networks. PIC pages on social media, including Twitter and Facebook, are both dotted with a blue mark, which is a sign of its credibility and professionalism.
11 june 2017
After recent remarks by the Saudi foreign minister calling on Qatar to end its support for Hamas, social media users in Palestine and other Arab countries have launched recently the hashtag translating as "Hamas is resistance, not terrorism.”
The hashtag has become one of the most active topics tweeted by social media users in the Arab world, especially in Palestine, Qatar, Jordan, Lebanon, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, and Kuwait.
Thousands of social media users stressed that the Palestinian people have the right to resist the Israeli occupation in order to liberate their land. They also said that speaking about Hamas as a "terror group" is doing a service to Israel and echoes the statements of Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu against the Movement.
Their tweets confirmed that Hamas's stature as a legitimate resistance movement is not a matter of dispute in the Arab world.
The hashtag has become one of the most active topics tweeted by social media users in the Arab world, especially in Palestine, Qatar, Jordan, Lebanon, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, and Kuwait.
Thousands of social media users stressed that the Palestinian people have the right to resist the Israeli occupation in order to liberate their land. They also said that speaking about Hamas as a "terror group" is doing a service to Israel and echoes the statements of Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu against the Movement.
Their tweets confirmed that Hamas's stature as a legitimate resistance movement is not a matter of dispute in the Arab world.
8 june 2017
A fanatic Israeli settler launched threats via WhatsApp to detonate holy al-Aqsa Mosque—the third holiest site in Islam.
According to the Hebrew-speaking Israel Hayom newspaper, Tel Aviv police received a notification about a preplanned blast at al-Aqsa.
Following a police probe into the communiqué, preliminary investigation identified the settler as a 20-year-old Israeli from Bani Barak community.
The suspect was brought before the Magistrate’s Court in Tel Aviv and had his remand extended under police request.
“The threats against al-Aqsa are strategic threats to the state of Israel,” said the police spokesman.
The defense attorney claimed the defendant suffers from psychological disorders and that he just wanted to show off.
According to the Hebrew-speaking Israel Hayom newspaper, Tel Aviv police received a notification about a preplanned blast at al-Aqsa.
Following a police probe into the communiqué, preliminary investigation identified the settler as a 20-year-old Israeli from Bani Barak community.
The suspect was brought before the Magistrate’s Court in Tel Aviv and had his remand extended under police request.
“The threats against al-Aqsa are strategic threats to the state of Israel,” said the police spokesman.
The defense attorney claimed the defendant suffers from psychological disorders and that he just wanted to show off.